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3.42 AVERAGE
3.42 AVERAGE
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Okay I had a chance to think about this book. I rarely give a book 3 stars because I usually enjoy most books. The problem with The Lonely Hunter is it’s marketed as one thing but is actually something else entirely. The book read more like a memoir than a book about dating.
So here’s the good: the author is a great writer. I love books with a lot of detail and she captured what it’s like to date using those blasted apps. It helps that she’s a New Yorker because dating in NYC is like being in the Hunger Games. The odds are rarely in your favor.
Another good thing about this book is the amount of research put into it. Unfortunately, at times, it felt like I was reading a textbook, with added information thrown in places that threw off the pacing of the book.
Now the cons (I won’t use the word “bad” because the book isn’t that). I wish the author had talked to other women and men from different walks of life, and outside of her circle, about dating in NYC. I think had she mixed in other perspectives besides her own, the book would have been more interesting.
The other problem I had with the book is her adding the Covid element to it. I have NO desire to read anything about Covid aside from news articles. I already know we’re gonna be getting a ton of love-in-the-time-of-Covid fiction and I plan on avoiding all of it. Living through this pandemic is enough. I definitely understand why the author added the pandemic to the book because it has changed relationships in a drastic way. But I checked out and skimmed over that section.
For the most part, the book is a decent read and I think other readers will enjoy it more than I did. I do plan on reading any subsequent books written by this author.
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
So here’s the good: the author is a great writer. I love books with a lot of detail and she captured what it’s like to date using those blasted apps. It helps that she’s a New Yorker because dating in NYC is like being in the Hunger Games. The odds are rarely in your favor.
Another good thing about this book is the amount of research put into it. Unfortunately, at times, it felt like I was reading a textbook, with added information thrown in places that threw off the pacing of the book.
Now the cons (I won’t use the word “bad” because the book isn’t that). I wish the author had talked to other women and men from different walks of life, and outside of her circle, about dating in NYC. I think had she mixed in other perspectives besides her own, the book would have been more interesting.
The other problem I had with the book is her adding the Covid element to it. I have NO desire to read anything about Covid aside from news articles. I already know we’re gonna be getting a ton of love-in-the-time-of-Covid fiction and I plan on avoiding all of it. Living through this pandemic is enough. I definitely understand why the author added the pandemic to the book because it has changed relationships in a drastic way. But I checked out and skimmed over that section.
For the most part, the book is a decent read and I think other readers will enjoy it more than I did. I do plan on reading any subsequent books written by this author.
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
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I thought this would be a discussion/commentary on how society is set up for couples. Instead, I got a series of stories about the author's struggles with dating.
Just get the book from your library and read the introduction.
Just get the book from your library and read the introduction.
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I found this read interesting for the research that is referenced on dating, relationships, singledom and loneliness. Although Lutkin’s personal anecdotes were engaging, I think it became slightly too long. It was refreshing to read a book about attitudes towards being single from a single person that isn’t enforcing the need to go and find someone. You do relate to her struggles with online dating and the difficulty in modern emotional connection. I think I would have like to have seen more reference to the research around these topics, and perhaps more anecdotes from others aswell.
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